compass education and training
Scotland,
About Compass Education and Training At Compass Education, we strive to keep our
courses the best they can be. Since the beginning, our courses have been based
on knowledge, experience, and a passion for animals. Our courses are written,
edited and published by professionals with years of teaching and first hand
experience with animals, giving you the best quality of study material
available. A word from our Director For anyone embarking on a course of study it
can be a difficult time, deciding which course, whether or not you will enjoy it
and wondering what you will get for your investment are just some of the things
that you will be considering. I hope that by telling you something about myself,
my passion for and life of involvement with animals you will understand a little
of the enthusiasm that has gone into creating Compass Education and Training
over the last 23 years. Apart from my time in the forces I have had dogs in my
life since I was five years old and being in my sixties that means a lot of
dogs, everything from working breeds, toy breeds, terriers, utility breeds to
hounds. I have seen the joy of puppies growing up, the hard work of the elderly
and infirm dog and experienced the devastation of losing many friends, the pride
of being unconditionally accepted by them, the frustrations and elations of
working with rescued dogs and everything in between. We currently have 11 dogs
and I cannot imagine life without them, they are an inspiration, no more so than
when I was going through treatment for cancer 11 years ago. David Montgomery
David Montgomery Without qualifications I felt that despite my knowledge and
experience I could only be regarded, like so many others working with animals,
as a keen amateur. I read books, picked up information from television, trained
my dogs and rescued any injured wildlife I came across or was brought to me. It
was then I decided that if I was to become truly professional I needed a better
education, so in 1994 I enrolled at Oxford Brookes University on a combined
studies degree of Psychology and Animal Behaviour. Three years later I achieved
my 2:1 BSc (Hons) and for those of you wondering if it’s possible whilst working
in your late thirties and paying a mortgage, there is the evidence. After
graduating I studied Counselling Skills at University College London and went on
to professionally offer behaviour counselling.
